hey lucy's potatoes a question that
plagued most of my early 20s amidst
trying to run away from myself craving a
loss and escaping my reality through
having parting and drinking was another
then
what does it mean to live a meaningful
and fulfilling life i talked a lot about
this in previous videos and most
recently on the careers episode of my
podcast voice hugs i'll link it down
below if you guys are interested so i
know the prospect of embarking on this
journey to find the answer to something
so elusive and existential isn't a walk
in the park and it's probably really
daunting so before before you guys think
about clicking out
hear me out for a second if i had to
trace back the one thing that inched me
closer and closer to answering this
question was
this exercise i did every new year
starting in 2013 identify values i
wanted to work on reflected on where i
was the previous year and set goals for
the coming year i didn't really know
what i was doing at that time but it
seemed like it was something simple and
attainable enough so i gave it a try and
this is precisely the north star of this
video and the accompanying notion
worksheets our lives are already
complicated enough we don't need things
that are more complicated i now realize
being able to eventually discover what
it meant to live a meaningful fulfilling
life traces back to having clarity of
purpose even if at that time it was just
me being absolutely determined to answer
this question i set for myself because
clarity of purpose helped me get clear
my values which influenced my goals and
what i wanted to spend my time on which
influence my daily habits or systems
here's what we'll be covering in the
video today a quick overview of the
importance of having clarity of purpose
identifying our values from this
beautiful selection in notion
prioritizing them in this beautiful
worksheet i created for you guys
reflecting on our values and setting
intentions and goals for the new year or
any time of year next week we'll break
down our goals into actual bite-sized
daily habits or systems so don't go
anywhere and if you guys would like to
connect with like-minded souls keep each
other accountable and attend meetups to
talk about videos like this one we'll
have an online community the productive
potato fam that'll be linked down below
last housekeeping item this video is
part of our new year reset series so
feel free to check out the previous
videos if you like or carry forth and
blaze your own path in discovering a
life worth living according to who
according to you only stakeholder in
your life whose opinions thoughts and
dreams truly matter okay so the first
thing is clarity of purpose why is
clarity of purpose important two things
number one it gives you direction to be
successful to realize your dreams
basically do anything it is that you
want in your existence you need to know
where you're going so clarity of purpose
simultaneously serves as your starting
point as your direction as well as your
destination which is pretty wild number
two it gives your life meaning have you
guys ever accomplished something let's
say getting into the top university
landing your dream job reaching this
milestone that you've been looking
forward to for the longest time only to
find that when you get there you're
still somewhat unsatisfied
if you take a step back and really ask
yourself was this something i truly
wanted or was this something i thought i
wanted based off of external influences
and factors like parents peers societal
pressures so to have clarity of purpose
also means that we're being proactive
with choosing our values and the
direction we want ahead in our life so
that when you reach these
accomplishments it will be that much
more meaningful and fulfilling because
it's something you chose for yourself
and it's something you wanted to do for
yourself all right so now
it's the worksheet that we're gonna get
started with the worksheet i'm succeeded
by my values and set intentions before
we actually get into the worksheet if
you need help getting in the zone you
can open this toggle and answer some of
these questions whether you just answer
it in your head or actually writing it
down and within there there's even more
guiding questions to help out so
this is something you can do all right
number one identify your values check up
to five alice that mean the most to you
i think five gives you a nice variety in
my 2013 reflections i did four so it
really is up to you don't feel pressure
that like you need to pick five if you
can't pick five or that like you know
just
check up to five i think
the first one is
spirituality do you want to work on
personal growth i feel like health has
been pretty good work career school
definitely relationships
mental health
family
finances community giving creativity
okay i feel like personal growth and
mental health to me
wraps into spirituality relationships to
me is not just romantic relationships
it's also platonic friendships parents
family so just making this work for me
number two is prioritize your values
click the blank space under ranking and
number your values with one being the
most important try your best to rank
each value as clarity of purpose will
help you hone in on what is truly most
essential so the first thing for me is
personality the second thing i would say
is relationships third thing work
creativity let me do creativity for the
third the fourth thing let me do work
the fifth thing is community and giving
all right so next reflect on your values
before looking forward it's helpful to
make sense of the past over the past
year what was your relationship like
with your values any paths on backs any
areas of improvement spirituality for me
equals personal growth equals mental
health equals health equals everything
else i had a big realization during this
time that a lot of what i used to do
doing the things i feel like i need to
do meditate exercising qigong reading a
lot of that stem from either it's shame
either it's wanting to show off that
like oh i'm doing all of these things or
feeling like i need to make up for lost
time so there's also guilt along with
the shame i want to be at a place where
i can do things because it's just what i
need to do it's not because of any
intentions or any notions or any ideas
or like i just don't want any of those
other things to be attached to
especially shame and guilt so for
relationships i feel like it's honestly
really amazing that something that
didn't exist for the past five years of
my life like the romantic relationship
aspect has now blossomed and it's just
flourishing so beautifully i wrote down
simpin usually isn't easy for me but
jams makes it easy
yeah i think overall i just learned a
lot about myself that i couldn't have
learned if i wasn't in a relationship i
learned a lot more about slowing down a
lot of fantastic systems for work
because james is a brilliant and a lot
about how to be a better partner and
therefore a better
human the third thing is creativity what
has principally been missing in my life
this year or the past year i made two
things that i'm very proud of the first
is
this bluff frame as i've talked about in
previous videos i've also talked about
taking a ceramics class but i never
showed you guys the final product i
posted about this on instagram earlier
this week and you guys freaked out i
made this little mug the studio that i
went to glazed and i don't know what
that word is
they burned and glazed it
yes get my hands messy make things
tinker explore new mediums challenge
myself in ways i used to but haven't for
decades work career building up myself
and my career over the past few years
young row would have been proud we
recorded an episode exactly on careers
in the voice hugs podcast that i
mentioned in the very beginning but now
i'm gonna plug it again because of you
guys you guys have been asking for
podcasts for a while so now that it's
out
jump on it ultimately remain clear and
unwavering and why you're doing what
you're doing for as alluring as tempting
shining things can be remember what
you're put on this earth to do
helping
paypal yes yeah sometimes you can get
caught up in the numbers
last thing community and giving past few
years has been a lot of inner reflection
and work the next few years i love to
radiate the same energy outwards
everything that's been given to me is
not for my own personal gain rather it's
so that i can give back 10 folds all
right so up until this point we've
mostly been looking backwards picking
our values identifying them prioritizing
them before we move forward and set
goals and intentions i feel something
that could help a lot is if we took a
little step back a little breather
there's two things that i recommend the
first thing is if you haven't watched
last week's video on how to shift your
mindset from a fixed mindset to a growth
mindset definitely check that out it'll
be so important to unleash and to lean
into your growth mindset mentality for
all this intention for all the school
setting second thing is vision boarding
to me vision boards are a visual
representation of the goals and systems
that you want in your life and also the
life you want to live you guys can you
guys you guys can pause this video to
rummage through your magazines or even
still have magazines to cut out what you
want for your vision board or you can do
it digitally like me on millino thank
you so much to millino for sponsoring
this video for me to be able to share
with you guys how to find your values
and what it means to live a meaningful
fulfilling life so quick little tutorial
on how i put together this vision board
as you guys see i first hopped on
pinterest to find the looks and vibes
i'm hoping this year will bring forth
the lino has a very handy chrome
extension that allows you to save images
directly into the app as you're looking
for images think about the five values
you just selected and reflect on how you
prioritize them tap into your intuition
and let it guide you to specific images
whether it's by colors whether it's by
theme whether it's by motifs whether
it's by symbols with all of these
pictures every single picture means
something to me and it should be the
same to you every picture should mean
something to you if you aren't familiar
with melano they're super easy to use
tool to help you organize your ideas and
projects into visual boards there are
many templates you can choose from like
the vision board i popped open earlier
you guys want to try out melo note you
can for free using the link in my
description box moving on to number four
set intentions for your values take your
reflections and
run with it what would you like to do
more or less of in 2022 how would you
like to feel be as detailed as you can
what would success look like to you the
first thing spirituality stay connected
be disciplined exercise qigong and
meditate consistently stop denying
putting off things that are great for
your soul
yes for relationships for james continue
to communicate with patients compassion
and openness parents call them more dads
always vocalize how happy he is and will
be for the coming days whenever we chat
friends make more time be proactive
planning weekend activities and
eventually trips for myself because i
think the relationship with yourself is
always very important block off time for
row time slash row day which can be
shared with friends i've already started
doing a lot of these things and
implementing this into my day-to-day
life that we'll talk a lot more about in
the next video moving on creativity arts
and crafts more clay more block frames
more diy projects finally finish
decorating my apartment so i can
actually enjoy it before moving out
eventually i don't think i move out
anytime soon but just i always feel like
my apartment is like 80 done learning
growth mindset five ever hey
script writing directing commentary
series digging into topics that spark
absolute joy like how social media is
ripping apart the social fabric of
society psychological warfare ccp's
involvement and all ccp is just the
chinese government i'm not saying china
because china is very different from ccp
so just
a little preview here for my work and
career dream is to launch two projects
structure for yourself and for your
whole team lean heavily into your j my
myers-briggs j side for community and
giving more 12 days of giveaways more
meetups in the potato fam invitely and
beyond whether it's a virtual or
eventually in person did a little
starbucks gift card giveaway on
instagram yesterday and you guys really
it made me so happy how happy i made you
guys and i'll definitely be doing more
either that or just like things along
those lines in the coming in the coming
year these are actually very personal
goals to me the season that i'm in my
life is very reflective of what
everything that i just wrote down if i
wrote this six months ago probably would
have been really different if i write
this six months from that it'll also
probably be very different so i think
it's just important to be kind to
yourself have grace for yourself and
just be honest there's probably things
that you really want there's probably
some hidden voices like you know very
dimmed voices in the back of your brain
of like wow i've always wanted to do
this but for whatever reason fixed
mindset fixed mindset fix my sign i
don't think i can do it so like why even
think if i can do it but that's the goal
that's the purpose of this exercise
that's actually the purpose of why the
videos were set up the way they were the
first day we're reflecting on 2021 fully
the second video we're reframing our
mindset from fix to growth so that when
we're dreaming and when we're picking
our values and setting intentions it's
coming from a more growth oriented space
so sit with your intentions for a bit
how are you doing friend are you excited
are you determined you can call it a day
here or move on
to the next worksheets if you guys don't
want to wait until next week or until
the next video go on and just start
filling all of this out the very cool
thing is the reason why this is a zero
my values and intentions is because it's
pulling it's pulling from the previous
worksheet so everything i wrote down
here
it automatically populates here
so that when you actually turn it into
systems you guys can see it tried
starting it already but i haven't gone
very far i hope with this you guys have
been able to unleash the growth mindset
within really dream big if there's any
year to do it it is this year because if
not now when and if you believe in
yourself if you
believe you can learn anything that you
want to learn and you're able to work
towards the dreams that you want and the
things that you want then i think it's a
beautiful thing so yes if you haven't
watched the previous video i honestly
highly recommend watching that and thank
you guys so much for joining as always
we'll love to hear any thoughts feedback
suggestions on how this year's new year
reset series has been going check out
podcasts down below check out the notion
worksheet down below check out the
millinote link down below and i'll see
you guys
in next week's video
hug before we say bye
bye